About the Scientific Computation Concentration
Scientific Computation Concentration
The Concentration in Scientific Computation emphasizes computation and its use in the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, business, and social science. Students will receive training in the use of computational techniques and associated information technology with correspondingly less emphasis on formal mathematical methods in comparison to the Concentration in Applied Mathematics. Every Scientific Computation student is required to apply the training in computation to a problem in a specific scientific discipline.
Admission in the Concentration in Scientific Computation requires a strong background in mathematics, an application area, and computation. A student already admitted to the AMSC program can change between the two Concentrations with the approval of the AMSC Graduate Committee.
Scientific Computation academic program offerings
The SC concentration has three components.
Scientific Computation Curriculum
Within the first two years of their admission to the program, students must successfully complete their Core Courses: Scientific Computing I & II, Computer Organization and Programming for Scientific Computing, Advanced Scientific Computing I & II and the Core Science Courses, with at least a grade of "B" or better, and with an overall grade-point average in these courses of 3.5 or better. Extensions of this two year deadline may be granted by the AMSC Graduate Committee based on the specific circumstances of individual students (e.g., part-time status, background deficiencies, or illness). There is no qualifying examination for Ph.D. students in the Concentration in Scientific Computation.
Subsequently, students must complete two Applications courses and 9 credits in electives (for a total of thirty-six graduate course credits) with a ``B" grade or better. The proposed selection of courses must be approved by the student's Study Advisory Committee and submitted in the form of a Study Advisory Plan to the AMSC Graduate Committee. In addition to the course requirements, Ph.D. students will have an oral candidacy examination and will write and defend a dissertation. These elements are governed by the same rules as in the Concentration in Applied Mathematics.
There is no foreign language requirement.
Students accepted into the Ph.D. program may have up to 24 credits of requirements waived if they have taken equivalent graduate courses at a regionally accredited institution, as long as the conditions specified in the Graduate Catalogue for the transfer of credit are met and the AMSC Graduate Committee approves. The 3.5 GPA requirement for the core courses will only apply to those courses taken at the University of Maryland, College Park.
No course may be used to meet more than one requirement, and thesis research (799, 899) is not to be counted. For all of the students in the AMSC program a grade of B or better must be achieved in each of the five Scientific Computation Core Courses (first five courses in the list above).
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